Avalon Willis St - Detroit

My fiancé and I loved to wake up early, go to midtown dog park and eat some vegan willis hexe. the best start in the day.

I had only Mexican hot chocolate with mandel milk, but it was very delicious, lightly spicy. place is beautiful and beautiful to spend some time sitting and watching people. I saw several vegan cookies offered.

I enjoy Avalon a lot. Their bread is healthy and made from few ingredients they don't sneak preservatives and unnecessary ingredients in. They always have a wide variety of vegan desserts and sometimes vegan foccacia. On top of it, they treat their employees well and pay them a living wage. Last, the atmosphere of the Midtown location is on point. Totally adorable. Updated from previous review on Tuesday July 29, 2014

As others have noted, it's mostly a bakery. When I visited this week they had half a dozen or so vegan pastries, all on the sweet side. I had the apple pie pastry, the granola bar which was so sweet it was mostly like dessert , a chocolate chip cookie, and a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie. Unfortunately it was breakfast, and I would have liked to see more savory vegan options. In fairness, I don't like sweets much. So I got the stuff to go, and ate it on the train later on. The one vegan What I had was delicious, but both the apple pie and the granola were a huge mess, and totally fell apart. Not easy to eat with your hands at least without making a big mess of it. The one vegan foccacia available was, in a word, boring: just a vegetable foccacia without cheese. So I passed. Several of the things I got were 16 off to celebrate their 16th anniversary, so the total price for four pastries was very reasonable: just under 6. I'd definitely go back, just with a clearer sense of what might be available for non sweet breakfast food.

Avalon is a Detroit institution and a great place for a quick breakfast or lunch or snack. Most ingredients are organic. There are many many vegan cakes, cookies, muffins, soup and foccacia. Everything else is pretty much vegetarian. Most of the bread is vegan only the brioche and challah is made with eggs. Excellent baguettes. Full coffee bar. There are often lines and a wait, especially on Saturday, Sunday and lunches. Pricier than a standard bakery, but you are paying for quality ingredients.